An information transmission method includes: receiving first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a first duration, a second duration, and a first cycle, the first duration is less than the first cycle, and the first duration starts at a start moment of the first cycle; and when a time unit corresponding to an end of the first duration is not later than a time unit corresponding to an end of the second duration, and acknowledgment information is a negative acknowledgment (NACK), skipping monitoring, in a next time unit of the time unit corresponding to the end of the second duration, retransmission scheduling control information corresponding to the acknowledgment information.